EATERY BUSINESS RUNS IN HER BLOOD.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET Senior columnist LANCASTER - Saveria ``Vera'' Scarpellino is a septuagenarian sep·tu·a·ge·nar·i·an n. A person who is 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80. adj. 1. Being 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80. 2. Of or relating to a septuagenarian. entrepreneur with three major passions in her life: her children, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the restaurant business, and she keeps so busy she doesn't have time to worry about age. At the Trailblazers Cafe and Grill at 30th Street West and Avenue L, Scarpellino is the owner of record owner of record See holder of record. and mostly silent partner who helps out with the book work, banking, ordering, errands and even table- swamping when necessary. Her daughter, Seevee VanderGalien, is the manager. ``The restaurant business has been in our family for years. My brother owned restaurants, and I worked in them while I was going to high school and college,'' she said. ``I really like the restaurant business. It's a challenge. It gets in your blood.'' Scarpellino owned and operated the Green Valley Inn for six years. In 1992 she decided to lease out the restaurant but retain ownership of the property. When the opportunity to open another restaurant presented itself, Scarpellino and her daughter jumped at the chance to work together again. ``We walked in here and saw this place and I said, well, if you want to run it and manage it, I'll buy it,'' said Scarpellino. Renovating and redecorating the restaurant - once Whoozit's Restaurant, later Hawg Wild - was a labor of love for them. They are both patriotic, so they decided to use the thematic name of Trailblazers and develop the decor around American pioneers and heroes. Each booth is named for a hero: Daniel Boone, Teddy Roosevelt, Mary Lowman, Doc Holiday, Jedidiah Smith, Susan Salter, John Freeman John Freeman could refer to:
Sepia tone turn-of-the-century pictures, matted with gunnysack material in rustic wood frames, dot the walls, and brass letters across one wall in the bar area read: ``Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. .'' ``We who grew up in the Great Depression era have a different perspective,'' said Scarpellino. ``I love this country, but a lot of younger people don't have the patriotism that we grew up with.'' Scarpellino lives in Lake Elizabeth. ``Seevee lives in Quartz Hill, and my other two children live near me in the lakes area,'' she said. ``It's a good thing we all like to drive.'' She was born in New Haven, Conn., but was raised in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of until her machinist father brought his family to Burbank in 1939. She graduated from Burbank High School Burbank High School may refer to:
``I didn't finish at Woodbury. I got married instead,'' she said. She and her family migrated to the Lake Elizabeth area in 1976. Much as she likes it, she hasn't always worked in the food business. She retired from a secretarial position at Hughes Aircraft in 1984 after 27 years. She likes to travel but has not had much opportunity to do more than visit her two sisters and two brothers in San Diego, Malibu, Camarillo and Riverside. Occasionally she gets to Las Vegas, but she'd like to do a little more extensive traveling. ``As soon as we get this place going real well, I want to take a train trip,'' she said. LANCASTER - The senior of the year will be chosen Wednesday at the Seniors Expo 2000 in Challenger Memorial Hall at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. . Actor Ernest Borgnine has been engaged as the celebrity guest speaker. There will be other free entertainment, information tables, health screenings, food booths, prizes and giveaways from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Expo is sponsored every year by High Desert Medical Group. They will be joined this year by Heritage Health Care and California Desert Medical Group. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster, Palmdale and South Valley have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk for a donation of $2. Monday: Columbus Day observed. Tuesday: Hamburger patty, potato salad, parsleyed carrots, tomato/onion/lettuce salad, orange. Wednesday: Roast pork, corn bread dressing, stewed stewed adj. 1. Cooked by stewing: stewed prunes. 2. Informal Intoxicated; drunk. stewed Adjective 1. tomatoes, coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , apple cobbler. Thursday: Macaroni macaroni: see pasta. and cheese with ham, spinach, lettuce and tomato salad, juice, peaches. Friday: Swedish meatballs, parsleyed noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. , Normandy vegetables, tossed salad, banana. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Saveria Scarpellino and daughter Seevee VanderGalien operate Trailblazers Cafe. Bettie Rencoret/Special to the Daily News |
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